Arbour Lake is a mature NW Calgary lake community where popcorn ceiling removal is one of the most common renovation requests. Skim coating is the step that follows -- and it is just as important as the removal itself.
Arbour Lake's homes were built mostly in the late 1980s and 1990s, which means they almost universally have acoustic, popcorn or stipple ceilings. When homeowners decide to remove that texture and bring their homes up to a modern flat ceiling standard, the sequence is: scrape the texture, skim coat the ceiling, prime, and paint. The skim coat is not optional -- scraping acoustic texture leaves tool marks and exposed drywall face paper that paint will not cover on its own.
" We do both the popcorn removal and the skim coat in Arbour Lake as a complete scope -- you do not need to coordinate two contractors. The ceiling scrape leaves the ceiling prepped; we follow with a skim coat, sand, and prime so it is genuinely flat and ready for paint. We also carry out standalone skim coats on Arbour Lake walls for older drywall with multiple paint coats and small repairs that benefit from a fresh flat surface.
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